John Willard Young
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| Counselor to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| October 6, 1877 – October 3, 1891 | |
| End reason | Resignation (formally released on October 6, 1891) |
| First Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| October 8, 1876 – August 29, 1877 | |
| Predecessor | George A. Smith |
| Successor | George Q. Cannon |
| End reason | Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of Brigham Young |
| Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| May 9, 1874 – October 8, 1876 | |
| End reason | Called as First Counselor in the First Presidency |
| Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| June 8, 1873 – May 9, 1874 | |
| End reason | Called as Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| November 22, 1855 – February 12, 1924 | |
| Reason | Brigham Young's discretion |
| Reorganization at end of term |
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| Personal details | |
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John Willard Young October 1, 1844 Nauvoo, Illinois, United States |
| Died | February 12, 1924 (aged 79) New York City, New York, United States |
John Willard Young (October 1, 1844 – February 12, 1924) was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He is one of the few individuals to have been an apostle of the LDS Church and a member of the First Presidency without ever having been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Young was born in Nauvoo, Illinois to Latter Day Saint apostle Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. As a young boy, John traveled with the Mormon pioneers from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley.
Young was privately ordained an apostle by his father on November 22, 1855, when he was eleven, without a public announcement or adding them to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Young's ordination was reconfirmed on February 4, 1864, when his brothers Brigham Young, Jr. and Joseph Angell Young were ordained apostles by their father. However, none of them became members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles upon their ordination because the Quorum already had twelve members. Although Brigham Jr. eventually became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, John and Joseph never did.
In 1869, Young opened the "Salt Lake City Museum and Menagerie", which was the predecessor of the Deseret Museum. He was also involved with the construction of a railroad in Arizona Territory.
On April 8, 1873, Brigham Young added John, Brigham Jr., George Q. Cannon, Lorenzo Snow, and Albert Carrington as additional counselors to him in the First Presidency. After Young's First Counselor George A. Smith died in September 1875, John Willard Young was called as First Counselor to his father on October 8, 1876. Young served in this capacity until the First Presidency was dissolved by Brigham Young's death less than a year later on August 29, 1877. During his time in the First Presidency, John Willard Young never spent much time in Salt Lake City attending to church leadership duties; since 1863 he had preferred living in New York City, where he was engaged in a number of business ventures that ultimately failed and resulted in him assuming a large amount of debt.
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